I’ve been doing a bunch of writing on Medium, and have completely abandoned this space! Here is a round up of everything I’ve written so far. Fences is not the Problem. Black Elitism Is A response to a NYT article about a Black mother angry that her son might have to read August Wilson’s play […]
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My kids think I’m a school (district) troublemaker. I appreciate that moniker. I make trouble for equity. I make trouble for Black and Brown and Indigenous children. I make trouble to make sure kids get what they need. I make trouble for liberation. I don’t coddle White Supremacy. I don’t stand for racism. I’m spending […]
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My little one, 8 years old, often feels unheard. He’s a little person, half the size of others in the house. After explaining the horror of George Floyd’s murder, I tried to explain the reaction, the protests happening around the country. I asked him to remember a time where he felt unheard, which I know […]
Read MoreThe story is old. A white woman’s fear costs a black man his freedom. The story is old. White woman sees black man where she does not want him to be and tells him to leave. You don’t belong here. Used to be a sidewalk. Now it’s a coffee house. Implicit bias? Overt bias? It […]
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The Sunday after the Charleston Massacre, churches all over the country prayed for the victims and their families. Taking their cue from the Emmanuel AME Church itself, pastors, reverends, and deacons encouraged their congregations to seek solace in God’s embrace. In addition, they implored their flock to show compassion and forgiveness. Their message encouraged togetherness in […]
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I admit — I have a thing about going down foxholes I know I shouldn’t be going down. Just the other day I unleashed a gmail hack to my entire contact list because I just couldn’t help myself from opening an email that I knew, in the back of my head, was spam. I knew […]
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